Latest posts by staffsmags

A month ago someone gave me a 5" pot with 4 flowering lilies in it which I would like to regrow next year. Stargazer type. Should I Plant in garden now, keep in cold frame or in garage to plant out in spring? I put in cold frame when flowers died off.The leaves have dropped off and stems going yellow now. Thanks in advance for help, Mags

JO47 ------------ I am a 'cat' person too. Maybe that's why I enjoy Spratts. However, I offered 1 to next doors cat and she turned up her nose at it! Fussy pussy! Mags. PS my Spratts were delicious with cue & onion in vinegar and brown B&b

I've seen quite a few unusual ladybird type things. Sorry - no photo!. Size of a small ladybird and seem to be red base almost totally covered with black spots what merge together. Are what I describe these Harlequin things (I thought they are bigger?). Importantly, are they friend or foe??? Sadly I've seen only 1 'proper' Ladybird this year! I'm sorry that I am asking something that has already been asked but I can't find anything. Mags

Well, my glads have been in for 8 years now and always done brilliantly. I never lift them. This year the very few flowers I got were small and deformed. I treated them no different to previous year so I think it must be the weather this year. Mags